Postdoctoral Scholars
Postdoctoral scholars pursue a program of research and training under the direction of an MIT faculty member. As of October 2022, there were 1,427 postdoctoral scholars at MIT—962 men and 465 women.
Distribution of Postdoctoral Scholars by Area, October 2022
- 31% School of Science (436)
- 30% School of Engineering (431)
- 18% Vice President for Research (251)
- 9% Schwarzman College of Computing (127)
- 6% Provost and other areas (87)
- 3% School of Architecture and Planning (44)
- 2% School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (35)
- 1% Sloan School of Management (16)